The best chance Niles Paul has at making the team is as a special teams ace. Just as he did in 2011 and 2012. If he can continue to be one of the teams best special teamers, he'll be kept.

With the loss of Lorenzo Alexander, we'll need players like Niles Paul to step up and fill that void

That's a very good point. Anybody have any insight if special teams is a place that Reed can contribute?

I think he's a good special teams guy, but not sure. I know blknite would know, he's a huge UF fan. He certainly has the size, speed and athleticism to be a good special teamer_________________RIP SSFmike23md

The best chance Niles Paul has at making the team is as a special teams ace. Just as he did in 2011 and 2012. If he can continue to be one of the teams best special teamers, he'll be kept.

With the loss of Lorenzo Alexander, we'll need players like Niles Paul to step up and fill that void

While I agree with you that his best way to make the roster is as a special teams player you know I disagree with you about him being anything but a mediocre special teams player at the moment. He needs to improve his game or he'll be gone, but competition brings out the best in people._________________
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The best chance Niles Paul has at making the team is as a special teams ace. Just as he did in 2011 and 2012. If he can continue to be one of the teams best special teamers, he'll be kept.

With the loss of Lorenzo Alexander, we'll need players like Niles Paul to step up and fill that void

That's a very good point. Anybody have any insight if special teams is a place that Reed can contribute?

I think he's a good special teams guy, but not sure. I know blknite would know, he's a huge UF fan. He certainly has the size, speed and athleticism to be a good special teamer

I know Reed played QB in high school, and Rich Tandler said he actually played snaps at Florida as a QB, WR, TE, & HB. Anyone that versatile has got to be able to play special teams._________________
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Player Comparison: Aaron Hernandez. Reed has a similar skill set to his mentor. Over the past few years, Hernandez has tutored Reed. Neither one is a big tight end, but they burn defenses with their quickness and athleticism. Hernandez fell to the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft because of off-the-field issues, but he generally graded out as a second-rounder like Reed. It wouldn't be surprising if Reed develops into a tight end similar to Hernandez.

Reed is a freak athlete. He's a tight end and a quarterback rolled into one. He can run, jump, throw and has tremendous lower body strength. How often does that combination come along in the NFL?

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Player Comparison: Aaron Hernandez. Reed has a similar skill set to his mentor. Over the past few years, Hernandez has tutored Reed. Neither one is a big tight end, but they burn defenses with their quickness and athleticism. Hernandez fell to the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft because of off-the-field issues, but he generally graded out as a second-rounder like Reed. It wouldn't be surprising if Reed develops into a tight end similar to Hernandez.

Reed is a freak athlete. He's a tight end and a quarterback rolled into one. He can run, jump, throw and has tremendous lower body strength. How often does that combination come along in the NFL?

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Sorry if this post looks awful, still figuring out the buttons, as you can see from my double post

No worries. Thanks for posting that was an interesting read._________________
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The best chance Niles Paul has at making the team is as a special teams ace. Just as he did in 2011 and 2012. If he can continue to be one of the teams best special teamers, he'll be kept.

With the loss of Lorenzo Alexander, we'll need players like Niles Paul to step up and fill that void

That's a very good point. Anybody have any insight if special teams is a place that Reed can contribute?

I think he's a good special teams guy, but not sure. I know blknite would know, he's a huge UF fan. He certainly has the size, speed and athleticism to be a good special teamer

I know Reed played QB in high school, and Rich Tandler said he actually played snaps at Florida as a QB, WR, TE, & HB. Anyone that versatile has got to be able to play special teams.

yep I think so also. Sounds like Niles Paul, except Paul never played qb that I know of and Paul is faster by 2 to 3 tenths of a second.

If Paul can just get those hands better, these 2 could be special along with Logan as the big inline blocker

I though we'd take a jack of all trades type of player in this draft I just figured he'd be a rb/wr/kr type. I could still see us draft someone like that later on. Versatility is really valuable with a 53 man roster limit._________________
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The best chance Niles Paul has at making the team is as a special teams ace. Just as he did in 2011 and 2012. If he can continue to be one of the teams best special teamers, he'll be kept.

With the loss of Lorenzo Alexander, we'll need players like Niles Paul to step up and fill that void

That's a very good point. Anybody have any insight if special teams is a place that Reed can contribute?

I think he's a good special teams guy, but not sure. I know blknite would know, he's a huge UF fan. He certainly has the size, speed and athleticism to be a good special teamer

I know Reed played QB in high school, and Rich Tandler said he actually played snaps at Florida as a QB, WR, TE, & HB. Anyone that versatile has got to be able to play special teams.

yep I think so also. Sounds like Niles Paul, except Paul never played qb that I know of and Paul is faster by 2 to 3 tenths of a second.

If Paul can just get those hands better, these 2 could be special along with Logan as the big inline blocker

I though we'd take a jack of all trades type of player in this draft I just figured he'd be a rb/wr/kr type. I could still see us draft someone like that later on. Versatility is really valuable with a 53 man roster limit.

well that's Niles Paul

Wr/TE/KR/Gunner/Blocker on punt returns

I could see us taking a player with speed later also who can be a rb/wr/KR_________________RIP SSFmike23md

The best chance Niles Paul has at making the team is as a special teams ace. Just as he did in 2011 and 2012. If he can continue to be one of the teams best special teamers, he'll be kept.

With the loss of Lorenzo Alexander, we'll need players like Niles Paul to step up and fill that void

That's a very good point. Anybody have any insight if special teams is a place that Reed can contribute?

I think he's a good special teams guy, but not sure. I know blknite would know, he's a huge UF fan. He certainly has the size, speed and athleticism to be a good special teamer

I know Reed played QB in high school, and Rich Tandler said he actually played snaps at Florida as a QB, WR, TE, & HB. Anyone that versatile has got to be able to play special teams.

yep I think so also. Sounds like Niles Paul, except Paul never played qb that I know of and Paul is faster by 2 to 3 tenths of a second.

If Paul can just get those hands better, these 2 could be special along with Logan as the big inline blocker

I though we'd take a jack of all trades type of player in this draft I just figured he'd be a rb/wr/kr type. I could still see us draft someone like that later on. Versatility is really valuable with a 53 man roster limit.

well that's Niles Paul

Wr/TE/KR/Gunner/Blocker on punt returns

I could see us taking a player with speed later also who can be a rb/wr/KR

Lets not argue about this again. You know I don't think Paul is more than average at any of those positions. In fact I think he's down right mediocre. We could go 3 pages on this again, or agree to disagree.

Kenjon Barner comes to mind, or Andre Ellington maybe could fill that role, basically replacing what we hoped Brandon Banks would become._________________
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The best chance Niles Paul has at making the team is as a special teams ace. Just as he did in 2011 and 2012. If he can continue to be one of the teams best special teamers, he'll be kept.

With the loss of Lorenzo Alexander, we'll need players like Niles Paul to step up and fill that void

That's a very good point. Anybody have any insight if special teams is a place that Reed can contribute?

I think he's a good special teams guy, but not sure. I know blknite would know, he's a huge UF fan. He certainly has the size, speed and athleticism to be a good special teamer

I know Reed played QB in high school, and Rich Tandler said he actually played snaps at Florida as a QB, WR, TE, & HB. Anyone that versatile has got to be able to play special teams.

yep I think so also. Sounds like Niles Paul, except Paul never played qb that I know of and Paul is faster by 2 to 3 tenths of a second.

If Paul can just get those hands better, these 2 could be special along with Logan as the big inline blocker

I though we'd take a jack of all trades type of player in this draft I just figured he'd be a rb/wr/kr type. I could still see us draft someone like that later on. Versatility is really valuable with a 53 man roster limit.

well that's Niles Paul

Wr/TE/KR/Gunner/Blocker on punt returns

I could see us taking a player with speed later also who can be a rb/wr/KR

Lets not argue about this again. You know I don't think Paul is more than average at any of those positions. In fact I think he's down right mediocre. We could go 3 pages on this again, or agree to disagree.

Kenjon Barner comes to mind, or Andre Ellington maybe could fill that role, basically replacing what we hoped Brandon Banks would become.